Vehicle-wheel.



No. 785,629. I PATENTBD MAR. 21, 1905.

G. 1). MUNSING.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 18, 1904.

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"PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. MUNSING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,629, dated March21, 1905.

Application filed November 18, 1904. Serial No. 233,331-

To all whom, zit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. MUNsINe, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to vehicle-wheels, and more particularly to thatclass of wheels having spring-spokes, and has for its object to providean adjustable hinged spoke and means connected to the rim andfrictionally engaging the hub to prevent its radial displacement, withdetails of construction particularly described in the followingdescription and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are similarly designated,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel having adjustable hingedspring-spokes. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical central section. Figs. 3 and4 are details of the hinge members. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the partof a wheel provided with friction devices. Fig. 6 isasection of Fig. 5.Figs. 7 and 8 are details of the securing member.

The wheel comprises a spool-shaped hub ing a bolt-hole 19 to registerwith the one 17 and also has lateral flanges 20, between which the endof the spring-spoke rests.

Each spoke is nearly semicircular, the hub Each hin'ge member 12 has asplitend being forked, as at 21, Fig. 6, or it may be provided with aslot, both forms permitting the adjustment of the hub end of the spoketo and from the hub and at the same time permitting the bolt 22 to passthrough it. Each spoke has 2. lug 23 on its end, either formed by anexcess of metal or the end of the spoke is bent over. This lug takesinto one of the notches or depressions between the serrations 16 in themember 12, and the portion 18 fits over the end, and the flanges 20thereof embrace the sides of the spoke.

The bolt 22 is passed through the assembled parts and holds them inproper relative positions. By loosening the nut on the end of bolt 22the member 18 is loosened sufficiently to enable the lug 23 on the hubend of the spoke to be shifted from one notch to another as requirementsdemand.

Through the fell y 24 of the wheel pass bolts 25, that hold the securingmembers 26 for the outer ends of thespokes, each of which has a lug 27on its outer end. These securing members are each composed of twopieces, one a chafing member 28, having a channel 29 therethrough at anangle to the length of said member, and a channel-shaped covering-plate30, the channel 31 in which also runs at an angle to the length of saidplate. Each covering-plate has two notches 32 transverse of the channeland into which the lugs 27 fit.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the hub is provided with acentral flange 33, having radial slots 34. On the felly is secured ahinge member 35 opposite each slot, and in this member is pivoted oneend of a frictionspoke 36, whose lower forked end 37 embraces thecentral flange 33. Passing through the tines of this fork and a slot 34is a bolt 38 to hold the tines in frictional engagement with the centerflange, so that the relative movement of felly and hub out of center byreason of their resilient spoke connection will be retarded and at thesame time the extent of this movement will be limited by the movement ofthe bolt 38 in the slot 34.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wheel, the combination with a hub and felly, of a member havinga serrated face hinged to the hub, a spoke having a lug to engage aserration in said member and means toadjnstably hold the lug inengagement with said member, substantially as described.

2. In a wheel, the combination with a hub and felly, of a member havinga serrated face and hinged to the hub, a spoke having its end bent overto form a lug, and a plate adapted to hold the lug in engagement with aserration, substantially as described.

3. In a wheel, the combination with a felly and hub, of curvedspring-spokes having one end rigidly secured to the felly, and two-parthinge members secured at both ends of the hub, the hub ends of thespokes adjustably secured between the parts of the hinge member,substantially as described.

4. In a wheel, the combination with a felly, spokes and a flanged hub;of binge members, and bolts passing through a flange of the hub andthrough the hinge member to hinge the latter to the hub-flange, saidmember having a serrated portion engaged by the hub end of the spoke,and a plate adapted to take over the end of the spoke, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a wheel, the combination with a felly, spokes and a flanged hub;of hinge members each comprising a pair of ears to straddle a flange'ofthe hub and terminating in a serrated portion, a plate to cover the endof the spoke engaging the serrated portion, and a bolt passing throughthe plate, spoke and serrated portion, substantially as described.

6. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with a curved spoke having forkedhub ends provid ed with lugs; of aspool-shaped hub, a hinge memberbetween each spoke and a hub-flange comprising a pair of perforated earsto straddle the flange of the hub, a bolt passing through theperforations and hub-flange, said hinge member having a serrated portionto be engaged by the lugs on the spoke, a plate to take over the hub endof the spoke and serrated portion of said member, and a bolt passingthrough the plate, forked end of the spoke and serrated portion of themember, substantially as described.

7 In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with a felly, a hub having acentral flange; and spring-spokes between the felly and hub; of afriction device connected to the felly and in frictional engagement withthe flange to retard the radial displacement of said hub, substantiallyas described.

8. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with a felly and a hub having acentral flange, and spring-spokes between the felly and hub; of afriction device secured to the felly and in frictional engagement withsaid flange, substantially as described.

9. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with a felly and hub having acentral flange; of spring-spokes connected to the felly and adjustablyhinged to the hub, and a friction device secured to the felly and infrictional engagement with the flange to retard the radial displacementof the latter, substantially as described.

10. Inavehicle-wheel, the combination with a felly and a spool-shapedhub having a central flange; of spring-spokes secured to the felly,hinge members between the hub ends of the spokes and the heads of thespoolshaped hub and in which said spokes are radially adjustable, and arigid friction member secured at one end to the felly and having aforked end in frictional engagement with the central flange of the hub,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE D. MUNSING.

Witnesses:

W. N. CAMP, S. WV. HARRELL.

